Rurik Rostislavich

Kievan ruler (died 1215)
For another person with the same name, see Rurik Rostislavich (died 1092) [ru]

Rurik Rostislavich (Russian and Ukrainian: Рюрик Ростиславич; died 1215) was Prince of Novgorod (1170–1171), Belgorod Kievsky (1173–1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173; 1180–1181; 1194–1201; 1203–1204; 1205-1206; 1207–1210),[citation needed] and Prince of Chernigov (1210–1214).

St. Basil's Church was built by Rurik Rostislavich at his votchina in Ovruch.

Life

Rurik was the son of Rostislav I of Kiev,[1] and succession conflicts placed Rurik on the throne of the Kievan Rus' no less than seven times.[citation needed] In 1182, he became co-ruler with Sviatoslav III of Kiev, an arrangement that lasted until Sviatoslav's death in 1194.[citation needed] Rurik ruled alone until 1199, when his rule was challenged by Roman the Great, who deposed Rurik.[citation needed]

After a brief stint in Chernigov, where he built the Church of St. Paraskebas,[citation needed] Rurik, along with his kinsmen and a Cuman army, attacked and sacked Kiev in 1203,[2] but was repelled until Roman's death in 1205.[citation needed] Rurik had been confined to a monastery in 1204, but he abandoned his holy vows and returned to the throne.[citation needed]

His cousin, Vsevolod, felt that Rurik's previous monastic vows rendered his authority invalid, and so attacked and briefly seized Kiev in 1206, 1207, and 1211.[citation needed] He succeeded in capturing Rurik, who died in captivity in Chernigov.[citation needed]

Rurik was married to Anna of Turov; among their children was Rostislav II of Kiev.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Lenhoff 2015, p. 18.
  2. ^ Magocsi 2010, p. 124.

Sources

  • Lenhoff, Gail (2015). "Rus'-Tatar Princely Marriages in the Horde: The Literary Sources". Russian History. 42 (1, Festschrift for Janet Martin). Brill. doi:10.1163/18763316-04201004. S2CID 211599594.
  • Martin, Janet L.B. Medieval Russia, 980-1584, 1995 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert (2010). A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 894. ISBN 9781442610217. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
Preceded by Grand Prince of Kiev
1173, 1180–1182, 1194–1202, 1203–1205, 1206, 1207–1210
Succeeded by


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